"Torii Hunter got to Target Field at about 1 p.m. CDT Friday, six hours before the Angels' first game in Minnesota's new $522-million open-air stadium, and after taking a tour of the facility the Angels right fielder declared, "This place is awesome!"

Hunter, who played nine years for the Twins in the dingy and sparsely appointed Metrodome, loved the limestone exterior and interior accents, the playing surface, the seating configurations and the giant video board."